9-letter words containing s, i, l, k
- ducktails — Plural form of ducktail.
- firelocks — Plural form of firelock.
- flagstick — pin (def 13).
- flak ship — a ship heavily armed with anti-aircraft weapons, used to protect other vessels from air attack
- flak suit — a suit of two or more padded armored garments designed to protect the body from shrapnel.
- flakiness — of or like flakes.
- flatstick — with great speed or effort
- flipbooks — Plural form of flipbook.
- flunkyism — The quality or characteristics of a flunky; readiness to cringe to those who are superior in wealth or position; toadyism.
- flystrike — myiasis.
- flywhisks — Plural form of flywhisk.
- folk-sing — an informal gathering for the singing of folk songs.
- folkishly — In a folkish manner.
- forklifts — Plural form of forklift.
- forskolin — (biochemistry) A labdane diterpene produced by the plant Coleus forskohlii; commonly used in the study and research of cell physiology.
- gaitskell — Hugh Todd Naylor [ney-ler] /ˈneɪ lər/ (Show IPA), 1906–63, English economist and statesman: Labour party leader 1955–63.
- ghostlike — the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
- glasslike — a hard, brittle, noncrystalline, more or less transparent substance produced by fusion, usually consisting of mutually dissolved silica and silicates that also contain soda and lime, as in the ordinary variety used for windows and bottles.
- glowstick — Alternative spelling of glow stick.
- goldspink — a goldfinch
- goldstick — a gilt rod carried by the colonel of the Life Guards or the captain of the gentlemen-at-arms
- gooselike — Resembling or characteristic of a goose.
- grasslike — That has the characteristics of grass.
- halakhist — one of the writers or compilers of the Halakhah.
- hawkbills — Plural form of hawkbill.
- hawkishly — resembling a hawk, as in appearance or behavior.
- hawksbill — A small tropical sea turtle with hooked jaws and overlapping horny plates on the shell, extensively hunted as the traditional source of tortoiseshell.
- helidecks — Plural form of helideck.
- hip flask — small container for carrying alcohol
- hissarlik — the modern name of the site of ancient Troy.
- horselike — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- iceblinks — Plural form of iceblink.
- irish elk — an extinct deerlike mammal of the genus Megaceros (Megaloceros), of the Pleistocene Epoch, having in the male extremely large, broad antlers.
- irksomely — In an irksome manner; tediously.
- issyk-kul — a mountain lake in NE Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan). 2250 sq. mi. (5830 sq. km).
- kabbalism — The study of the Kabbalah.
- kalispell — a city in NW Montana.
- kalsomine — to wash or cover with calcimine.
- katalysis — catalysis.
- ketolysis — the breaking down of ketones.
- keyclicks — Plural form of keyclick.
- kielbasas — Plural form of kielbasa.
- kill shot — a decisive smashing or punching of a ball with the hand or a racquet such that it is virtually unreturnable, as in volleyball, handball, or badminton.
- killfiles — Plural form of killfile.
- killifish — any of several small, oviparous cyprinodont fishes, especially of the genus Fundulus, found in salt, brackish, and fresh waters.
- kilobytes — Plural form of kilobyte.
- kiloflops — (unit) 1000 FLOPS. See prefix.
- kilogauss — a unit of magnetic induction, equal to 1000 gauss. Abbreviation: kG.
- kilograms — Plural form of kilogram.
- kilovolts — Plural form of kilovolt.